We're now past the two-month mark, and I've done my level-best to stock up our community with a load of content to be delved into by newcomers and reviewers, both. So far it's been a labor of love.
As such, I typically spend about 1-3 hours per day investigating future stuff that might make for interesting posts, sorting through things, upgrading art, writing notes, then giving it a shot (i.e. posting) every day, balancing the days I miss by posting twice the next day. Also, I usually post in the early mornings, such that our posts begin in Europe.
That said, I don't blame anyone in particular for not liking any particular stuff I decide to post on any particular day. That's just natural.
At the same time-- with 300+ subscribers now, it frankly stings to get a negative reaction like this, upon European artist Brecht Evens' work. After all, we're talking about one of the most awarded, modern, most-legit European comics creators doing their thing when it comes to Evens' work.
So here's a question--
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Can you explain why you don't like the Evens' post? Because I'm open to editing / switching things up.
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Would you like to post your own material? Because I welcome that.
Me, I'm going to take a break from this sub and think about some things..
EDIT: At the time of posting this, the Brecht Evens' post had a zero score, with more downvotes than upvotes. This was after a full day+, in which I gave the voting time to adjust itself.
EDIT2: Thank you so much to the positive responders. I've read the replies and have commented below.
I really appreciate the effort you're putting in here. To be completely honest, I haven't found the time to scroll through a lot of the content here.
I agree that 300 subscribers seems like a lot but it's actually not because people are subscribed to a bunch of other communities at the same time. I mod !imageai@sh.itjust.works and we have like 5k subscribers and you can see that the weekly community challenges only get like 10 upvotes. I found it a little bit discouraging at first, but even if it's just a few people participating or appreciating the content, I've realized that it's equally rewarding.
I think the 90/9/1 rule is pretty accurate; on average, 90% of users/subscribers are lurkers that don't participate. Don't beat yourself up, it's not on you at all, there just aren't enough people in this community quite yet.